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* ACrossed with [[Significant Monogram]] in a classic ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' character wasLhaeo - Elminster's scribe (and butler, and apprentice) Lhaeo who was a great artist at building [[Jerkass Facade]] for Old Mage. "[[Wax_On,_Wax_Off|Coincidentally]]", this workjob leftmade him bothgood at digging through papers and turning people away politely, alert, [[Seen It All|ready for anything]] and acquainted either personally or from first-hand accounts with half or so of the most powerful people on the continent. There also was a missing prince of Tethyr, one '''H'''aedrak '''E'''rrilam '''A'''lemander '''O'''losar '''L'''horik... later also known as King Haedrak III. If his compatriots knew where he is before ithe was timeset to pull [[Rightful King Returns]], he would getreceive about as much attention from assassins as Elminster gets from mad wizards. As it was, only one is known to get through (who was magically imprisoned, as seen in ''Forgotten Realms Comics'').

* In Shakespeare's ''Henry V,'' King Henry goes undercover as a common soldier to learn the views and morale of his troops more closely. He gives his name to the soldier Pistol as "Harry le Roi" (Harry being a common nickname for Henry, and le Roi being French for "the King"). He says he's a Welshman -- he was born in Wales.